stange or weird

Finally the mystery object.
my family think that I have finally gone nuts, they do not have a miniaturists mind, I suppose having been a nurse for many years I just found it great, have a few things in my mind what I could do with it, but for now it will sit on my shelf until I am ready to play, anyway you make up your own minds up, is it weird or strange to you!!!
here goes

have a good weekend, see you all soon

its a dogs life

Hi all
welcome to Mieke, glad you dropped by, also thank you for your lovely comments, I love reading them,
its cooled down here thank goodness, and we have had a lot of rain, easier to work in.

Just had to show you this, my little dog, freebie is so lazy, when I get up in the morning she stays in bed, yes I let her sleep with me, she is spoilt, look at this photo

she has to sleep under the covers.

now back to  my minis, yesterday I almost finished my 40's house, now I just have to dirty it up and tidy up a few bits, the lights are in, I hate that job, why do the bits ping off at the moment you are about to connect it, got them done after a lot of swearing, you can see the result in the photos,

I then had a little black metal pram, so I customised that, I first painted the spokes brass coloured and around some of the pram, made a cover and hood, see the results,
I also made a small baby changing mat. I may make a few more bits not sure yet, I go into my work room with one idea and then I look around and change my mind.

I got this lovely display table from eBay, its showing little Egyptian relics, not sure where to put it yet, I have a big project that I want to do, if you have looked through my blog you would of see all the bits I have and have made for my Egyptian room box, so do not know if to put it in there or the study in my Victorian house, we will see, I keep looking at my Egyptian miniatures, I must start on that, it will be a big one, maybe I will start it,

I have also got another item from eBay ( I am always looking on there) not telling you yet but its so different, and have not got a glue what to do with it, ( I have just thought of something, but it may be a bit creepy) you will see what I mean when you see this mini, but that's all I am going to tell you about it, watch this space.
so lets see the photos.

the little pram,

changing mat

this is so lovely



Well I had better get dressed, do a bit of housework, boring, see you all soon

Its hot and sunny

Morning all

Hello and welcome my new followers, I am always surprised when I see you all and know that you look at what I do, I thank you for your interest.

its so lovely today, the sun is shining and its getting warmer all the time, mind you they have said we will have rain later, that will save me watering my veggies.

So what have I been doing, 40's house nearly done, got to attach the front, tidy up the exterior and connect all the lighting, I can then get on with the next project, I am torn between making the garden and Anderson shelter or the conservatory for my big house, decisions no doubt I will get on with something.

I have been busy making some more bits for eBay, I must get on and make myself another page for selling, but I always seem to be doing something else, I get asked if I get bored not having a job, NO I get up when I like, I do what i want and have time to spend doing my miniatures where is the boredom in that?

I am so excited I am getting a new puppy, a cross between a Yorkie and a miniature toy poodle, they are due to be born in 2 weeks, I will get fist pick,  I may have to start another blog about my new puppy, I got to see about freebie, as she is a girl I have got to get her done!!! as I want to have a boy this time and it would be hell when Freebie is in season, that will cost me I'm sure, visiting vets this week for her inoculation's so will discuss it then.

I was pleased this week I now only have to have my bloods taking every 3 weeks instead of weekly, they say they have got my blood clotting under control, I have to have another echo scan in 2 weeks, not looking forward to that I am scared as that's where I stopped breathing last time, but My fella is coming with me and I am sure they will know what they are doing, well i hope so. My joints have been very sore so at times it has been difficult, but I carry on no good moaning there are others worse off than me. see rambling again, I did warn you.
anyway lets get on with the photos.

bathroom shelving,

I distressed this and then added new covers and bows, the picture does not really show its colours at its best

back, added bows here to

kitchen dresser, i made the food, the cake stand is 2 plates connected with a small metal tube,the vase is a bead, from out of the drawers I put a small bit of checked material to represent a tea towel, the other holds napkins, which is just small bits of white material rolled and I added a trim to represent the napkin ring, other bits are from my stash.

Thats all for today

Nearly done, finished the sitting room, I decided this would be mothers best room and it is
only used on high days or when the vicar comes for tea, I did notice that she had left her knitting on the seat, they have a telly but it no longer broadcasts as this was turned off during the war, you never knew who could be listening, so they had the radio to keep in touch which what was happening.

I then moved on to the bedroom, this was a bit difficult as I did not have a lot of room, so it had to be fairly simple and not too much furniture, I hope I  have been able to portray the era, see what you think,

need to connect all the lights, attach the roof and front, then I can start to make the Anderson shelter and veggie garden,

I could not let you go without showing you the desk I got off eBay this week, this is for my Victorian house, I love it, I have also won some little ornaments will show you when they arrive.

look at my work room now, the shelves had made all the difference, and no I have not filled the spaces yet, give me time.

anyway enough of the natter lets get onto the photos

can you see the box of dominoes by the telly, they even have dominoes inside

I made the plant from florists tape and wire

see how small the bedroom is?

I hung a jacket and waistcoat on the door

my great desk

new shelving, can you see how organised I am

I made this earlier this week, I repainted the settee and made new covers with contrasting cushions

Well that's it for now, going for a bath now, trying to ease my joints they have been very sore this week, I am so glad I found miniatures as they are a great distraction, have a good weekend

I now have people and they are dressed, I purchased from my local shop a little old lady, stripped her and redressed her with petticoat, dress and apron, then decided to add the head scarf, how easy I thought that would be, Wrong, I tried gluing, them more gluing, no good, then gave her a haircut, as I decided her bun was causing the problem, Wrong again, so back to more gluing, still no good, in the end I sewed it into place, shaping it as I went, finally I was satisfied. For the old man I used a doll I had dressed before in my shed project, I have posed them in the house, I like the fact that they are posable so I can move them about the house.

I have started on the bedroom, no pictures yet, I have laid the floor and varnished it, so it is now drying, hope to do a bit more tomorrow.

Had more shelves put up in my workroom, so now I have some more space, but the comment made after they were up was " you will soon fill them " as if!!!

Looking forward to the weekend its supposed to be hot, about time we had some summer.

going so good

First I must say Hi and welcome to Marie, hope you will enjoy my blog.


Had such a great weekend, ever have one of those days where everything you touch goes so well, I did and it lasted 2 days!!!

I added door knobs and letter box to the front door, even was able to fit a key in the inside lock.
I started with the windows, I used clear plastic and drew black criss cross lines on them, and then attached them to the windows, Then using some black material I made this into blinds using a cocktail stick cut to size and again attached these to the windows.

I then turned to the curtains, as I am redoing the house I used the old curtains, I pleated them using my pleater and used a kebab stick cut to size, I had already made and painted the pelmets, so these went onto the windows.

I re varnished the quarry floor, I was then ready to replace the furniture, I made a new dresser and filled this with all the bits I had, made a clothes horse for the wet washing to dry in front of the heater, just generally tidied up.

I then placed all the furniture in place, this I did take a while over, I was constantly changing my mind where to put stuff, eventually I was satisfied, hope you all like the kitchen.

I then turned to the living room, I made a fender out of a bit of metal I had in my stash, this looked quite right, attached it to the fire place, added some ornaments.

tomorrow will show you the rest of the room, I hope that it all goes as well as it has  been doing,  anyway here are the photos, let me know what you think.

showing windows and door furniture

quarry floor

Making progress, I laid the quarry floor then realised I had no grout, so I first varnished the tiles to protect them and used some cement that I had in my shed, mixing a small amount and using a cocktail stick, grouted it, as I had varnished first the cement did not stain the tiles and I was able to wipe them down, I then re varnished twice and you can see the effect, sometimes you have to think outside the box to reach your desired effect, I have also now got all of the windows done,  today I hope to start making the window coverings of black out curtains and criss cross the window panes.

I also made a hat and coat rack ( from my new book) I made a few adaptions as I needed it a bit smaller to fit in with my little house. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow,

back of wall, coat rack.

So pleased yesterday, those who read my blog no my other passion is my veggie garden, I picked runner beans, courgettes, beetroot and swedes, can't wait for my spuds.

So sad the news about Norway, my prayers are with you all.